Fancy leaving the real world for a bit? Thought so; me too. Off we go to Equestria again, then. Now of course this full, two-minute version of the FiM theme song existed before February 2012. Perhaps a long time before, I don't know. But as far as I'm aware it was only then that it was heard by the public. It seems that the Friendship Express DVD (yes, the one that famously contains the "uncensored" version of "The Last Roundup") was accidentally distributed early by some branches of Kmart. This singalong extended theme is also present on my UK-spec Season 1 DVD. It's a nice extension, sung well as you'd expect from Rebecca Shoichet and allowing each of the Mane Six at least a short moment in the sun. There are some nice lines in here, such as "what a wonderful wonder friendship brings" – this fits more naturally into the rhythm of its music than some of the less successful Pony songs do. We'll make it special every time, indeed.
The other reason for the "kind of" in my title? The news about this version was actually posted to EqD on 25th February 2012 – but late at night, so here in good old Blighty it was already the 26th. And since this is a British blog, dammit, the 26th is when this is going up!
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